The OECD report is based on the analysis of more than 400 cases worldwide, between February 1999 and June 2014, involving companies or individuals from 41 countries who were involved in bribing public officials

U.S. prosecutors are pushing for a prison sentence for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo that ensures he remains behind bars after admitting to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan and laundering funds through U.S. banks.